Suspenders.



E. N. HUMPHREY.

SUSPENDERS.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 7, 1012.

1,067,028, Patented July 8,1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST N. HUMPHREY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE TRAUT &

HINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT, A CORPORA- TIONOF CONNECTICUT.

SUSPENDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1913.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Finnus'r N. IIU'M-PIIREY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, countyof Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Snspeuders, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact. description.

This invention relates to the construction of suspenders and the likeand is designed to provide a form of cord guide support which willprevent contact of the metal parts with the body or garments of thewearer. In the ordinary suspender whose parts are constructed to movewith the movements of the wearers body, the movable metal parts rubagainst the body or garments of the wearer, causing discomfort and attimes infection where they contact with the body, and wearing out andofttimes discoloring the fabric of garments when worn thereover.

It is the object of my present invention to provide a form of supportfor such movable metal parts that will not be subject to thedisadvantages enumerated. These and other advantages will be apparentfrom the more detailed description following and from the accompanyingdrawings forming part thereof and illustrating a preferable embodimentof the invention.

In these drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the back portion ofa suspendor provided with cord guide supports constructed in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a support detached. Fig.3 is a vertical sectional View on an enlarged scale taken on the lineFig. 1. Fig. 4c is a vertical sectional View of a modified form ofsupport.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1-1 indicates the main orshoulder straps of a suspender and 2 the rear or back strap thereof. Therear ends of the shoulder straps and the upper and lower ends of theback strap are connected by a continuous cord structure 3 which runsthrough the tubular cord guides 4 carried at such ends of the straps.These cord guides are usually pivotally carried by loop plates or otherstrap end attaching devices, so that when the body of the wearer moves,these guides swing on their pivots and rub against the body or garment.The rear face of the strap end attaching device or part thereof alsousually contacts with the body or garment of the wearer.

In mv improved construction, I provide locp plates 5 provided withtransversely extending strap slots (3 adjacent their upper and lowerends, (hose plates having an intcrmediate portion 8, in'cfcrably ofskeleton form, and provided with outwardly o'tl'set braclv'ets 9 formingseats for the tubular cord guides t whose inncr ends are journaled uponthe outer face of these bracket seats by suitable headed pivots 10. Theends of the fabric of the strap members extend through the strap slots(3 and under the intermediate body portions 8 and offset brackets 9, andare brought: over the rear faces of the loop plates and sewed orotherwise socured to the main body of the strap as shown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings, thereby covering the rear face of said plate andpreventing contact thereof with the body or garment.

lVhere it is necessary to employ more than one tubular cord guide on asingle loop plate as at the upper end of the back strap in the specificform of suspender construction illustrated, similar brackets may beprovided on the intermediate portion 8 of the plate at the pointsdesired. In Fig. 2 of the drawings I have indicated such ad ditionaloffset brackets at 11 and .12 respectively, these brackets being locatedadjacent the ends of the intermediate body portion and in line with thecentral bracket 9. Tubular guides i are pivotally mounted on theseoffset brackets t1. and 12 in the manner previously described and asillustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The bracket 9 shown most clearly in Fig. 3 bridges the opposite ends ofthe intermediate section 8. I may use a construction illustrated in Fig.4t of the drawings in which an offset arm 13 is employed, the upper endof this arm being unconnected with the main body of the loop platethereby permitting insertion of one end of the tubular guide between theouter face of the loop plate and the under face of the offset arm 13,the other end of the tubular guide being seated over the outer face ofthe arm 13 and the two ends being journaled on this arm by means of theheaded pivot 14;.

As I have before stated the fabric of the strap end extends around overthe outer face of the loop plate and over its rear face preventingcontact of the loop plate with the body or garment. The brackets formingthe guide seats are spaced sufficiently far from the outer faces of theloop plate as to afford a clearance between the inner face of thetubular cord guides and the outer face of the fabric looped over theplate. The thickness of the fabric at the rear of the plates spaces theplate suficiently far from the body of a garment to prevent anypossibility of contact therewith of the end tubular guides carried bythe loop plate at the upper end of the back strap. As I before statedthere is a clearance between the inner faces of the tubular guides andthe outer or front face of the strap end, so that the inner faces ofthese tubular guides all lie out beyond the planes of the outer faces ofsaid plate and strap.

lVhile I have herein described and illus trated a specific embodiment ofmy invention various structural changes are possible within the spiritof the invention and the scope of the appendedclaims.

What I claim therefore, and desire to se cure by Letters Patent is 1. Ina device of the character described, in combination, a supporting plateand a cord guide pivo-tally carried by said plate, said plate having aportion extending in rear of the rear face of said guide whereby theopposing relatively moving faces of said plate and guide are spacedapart and out of contact.

2. In a device of the character described, in combination, a loop platehaving strap slots therein adjacent opposite ends and having anoutwardly ofiset seat formed intermediate said ends, a strap endextending throughsaid slots and under said seat and over the rear faceof said plate, and a cord guide secured to said seat and spaced from theouter faces of said loop plate and strap.

3. In a device of the character described,

spaced from the outer faces of said loop plate and strap.

4. In a device of the character described, in combination, a loop platehaving transversely extending strap slots formed therein adjacentopposite ends thereof and having a plurality of outwardly offsetbrackets formed intermediate said ends and slots,- a strap end extendingthrough said slots and under said brackets and over the rear face ofsaid loop plate, and a tubular cord guide pivoted on each of saidbrackets and having its rear face lying out beyond the planes of theouter faces of said loop plate and strap end.

5. In a device of the character described, in combination, a loop plateadapted for connection to a supporting strap and a cord guide pivotallycarried by said plate, said plate having a portion extending in rearofthe rear face of said guide, said guide being mounted upon said plate tospace its rear face from the opposing face of said plate extensionrelative to which it moves;

6. In a garment support trimming, a supporting plate, a cord guidepivotally supported by said plate, said plate having a guard memberextending therefrom and 10- cated in rear of the rear face of said cordguide, the opposing relatively moving faces of said plate and guidebeing positioned in relatively olfsetp'lanes andout of contact.-

ERNEST N. HUMPHREY.

WVitnesses: v

STANLEY PARKER,

V. J WARAM, Jr.-

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